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NASA Shares Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Award Remarks

.NASA Administrator Costs Nelson launched his statements as prepared for Wednesday's Hidden Designs Legislative Gold Medal service in Washington. The awards acknowledged the women that resulted in the area nationality, including the NASA maths wizzard who helped land the first astronauts on the Moon under the organization's Apollo Course." Great mid-day." The amazing traits that NASA accomplishes ... and also The United States obtains ... improve the pioneers who came prior to our team." Folks like the females of Mercury, Gemini, and Beauty." Folks like Mary Jackson. Physician Christine Darden. Dorothy Vaughan. Katherine Johnson." Thanks to all the Legislators who produced today possible. The overdue Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, that our experts miss out on, and also that led the attempt in 2019 along with Politician Chris Coons to deliver these awards to life. Thanks to the champions for the regulations, then-Senator Kamala Harris, Senators Lisa Murkowski as well as Shelley Moore Capito, and also Congressman Frank Lucas." The women we recognize today made it feasible for Earthlings to lift beyond the bounds of Planet, and also for generations of trendsetters to follow." Our company carried out not come this far just ahead this much." Our team continue this legacy, as one participant of the target market listed here along with us carries out each and every single day-- the remarkable Andrea Mosie." Andrea, that has operated at NASA for virtually half a century, is actually the lead cpu for the Apollo example plan. She supervises the Moon stones as well as lunar examples NASA revived from Beauty, 842 pounds of holy science! These examples are national jewels. So is Andrea." The trailblazers our team recognize today, these Hidden Bodies-- their nerve and imagination delivered our company to the Moon. And their lessons, their legacy, will definitely send our company back to the Moon ... and then ... picture-- simply picture-- when we leave our footprints on the red sands of Mars." With the help of these individuals who are part of our NASA family members, our experts will continue to cruise on the grandiose sea to far off grandiose banks.".To read more regarding NASA purposes, visit:.https://www.nasa.gov.- end-.Meira Bernstein/ Cheryl WarnerHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1600meira.b.bernstein@nasa.gov/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov.